Blog Archive » string art attempt. The local Top Pot doughnut shop has a giant spirograph design painted on one wall.
This has now made me want a giant spirograph painted on my wall. After trying to imagine how to create a big rig to do such a thing, I thought about string art as an alternative (thank you 6th grade math class, in which I was obsessed with them). The wall I have in mind is a little high up, so I don’t think doing this directly on the wall is going to be practical. So, I need some big, cheap, circular thing that I can put tiny nails in. Hmmmm, how about quilting hoops? Here’s my first attempt. String Art. I've fallen in love with string art!
Amber sent me an email about it and after that I went to town learning everything I could about it! I purchased a small kit to made one, I just wanted to see how to begin one! Flickr is filled with beautiful string art! Just look at the photos below! The seagull is my favorite! Found a Florida gal making string art on etsy - so beautiful! I'm very interested in learning more! String Art. Once upon an apartment, before I was allowed to paint, I had a fairly large bedroom with a not so fairly large window.
Bottom line, I had enough blank white walls to go around. I had a good amount of art, but I really craved something big and different. String Art. Yes, the lovely 1970's string art. This was the perfect solution to my problem and it was fairly easy. Now this one (above) is actually done on a piece of wood vs. the wall, which is a good idea if you want to keep your finished work. I LOVE this one! I'm pretty sure this is the one I'd like to do somewhere, ASAP. String art - Project - The Spotlight Inspiration Room. Tutorial Tuesday: String Art Embellishment.
When it was time to decorate a raffle box for the Spring Handmade Cavalcade, I really wanted to take advantage of the existing structure of the lunchbox.
After much trial and error, I hit upon the idea of using the stitching holes as the basis of the design. During elementary school, one of my teachers had been in an art project rut that consisted of making string art for every single month. Apparently, time has made it fresh to me again, since I was pleased enough with the outcome to want to share it with you. String art has its origins in activities invented at the end of the 19th Century to teach mathematical ideas to children, and became popular as a decorative craft in the late 1960s.
Though straight lines are formed by the string, the angles and metric positions at which strings intersect give the appearance of curves. For this project you need: An item to embellish that has holes in it (holes can be configured as an angle or an arc) Embroidery Thread Needle Glue (optional) ~ Spirograph String Art photo by Roving Gastronome from Flickr at Lurvely. String art.